See also: breid

Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish bréit, probably related to Proto-Celtic *brattos (mantle).[1]

Noun edit

bréid m (genitive singular bréid, nominative plural bréideanna)

  1. frieze
  2. cloth, canvas
  3. strip of cloth, bandage
  4. rag
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
  • bréidín (homespun cloth, tweed; kerchief; layer)

Verb edit

bréid (present analytic bréideann, future analytic bréidfidh, verbal noun bréideadh, past participle bréidthe)

  1. (transitive) patch
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

bréid

  1. vocative/genitive singular of bréad

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bréid bhréid mbréid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bréid”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN